Hello London, England! Here we are after a nice 8 hour bus drive. The crew left around 3 in the morning from Antwerp, Belgium, and arrived at the hotel in London around 11 in the morning. I had a quick shower and then off to hook up with James for another day of(f) fun. James and Sully, Robbie and Tony from Godsmack went to a "Sporting Clays" ranch outside London. They spent a few hours shooting, unfortunately not together as they were forced to divide into groups. They spent about 2 hours there, and walked out with a big smile on their face, plus all body parts still looking the same. Check out the pics. More detailed report & pics might show up in a future issue of So What! magazine (Metallica's Fanclub Mag).Tomorrow, day one out of two at Earls Court in London. Setlist???

Band is out of here and in about two hours the crew will be on the way too. Next stop is London, for a day off and then the last two shows on this European tour. More show pics are up...Cya in a bit...MOT

15 minutes past midnight here in Antwerp, Belgium, and we have one more song to go (according to the setlist). The Four Horsemen are playing the Four Horsemen right now. While walking by the barricade, I was watching the front-row-maniacs to check out their reaction during the "new school" versus the "old school" songs. Pretty fucking impressive how EVERYONE knows the lyrics from St. Anger. Just realised that I babbled too much, the guys just finished the show :) Last song was Motorbreath. Setlist on the way and more show pics too.

Thanks for the reviews from yesterdays show in Arnhem. My pick goes to: rythmick-----Review by: rythmick Hey guys, yeah...what should I say....it was freakin' great....I really had a blast....It was a really, really good setlist....with a few (more than a few) really good suprises and some must classics. I must say it was my best Metallcia gig I've ever been to....an that being at your gigs since 1984 (yeah....Ride the Lightning, baby!) The sound was good, but a bit to much stomach from the basses (bass and drums)... And one thing was surely regocnizable....the boys had fun....and if the boys have fun....we surely have a lot of fun, too.... The new songs are really great in a live situation....good god....and Kirk even played a solo in 'Dirty window'....btw that song ruled Thanx for 'Leper Messiah' And Lars....thanx for actually playing 'The thing that should not be' as I requested during the Meet & Greet... And James....this time you really got me there during 'Seek & Destroy' all good....CU next time guys bye Mick

Another true 'Tallica story. During the Meet & Greet this fan gives Rob a crazy fucking hat and tells him "When you need some extra power, just put this on and it will be all good". Rob just called in some extra power during Bellz. The hat, correct me if I am wrong (yes, I know YOU will) is the hat of a soccer team from Belgium. Pics on the way...MOT

Sad But True, right now, live, no cover band, here in fucking Antwerp at the Sportpaleis. I was out in the crowd, all the way in the back when Exctasy of Gold started. Looking around I felt that 14 000 people in there right now, all had goose bumps. The vibe was amazing, so strong, almost holy. Damn, did I say all that? Still after seing & hearing about 500+ Metallica shows, I too get goose bumps when I hear the classic intro. During the meet & greet Lars, once again, asked the fanclub members attending which song they should open with. BLACKENED was the winner....the rest is now history, or story, or at least a part of the Antwerp story. Gotta run...MOT

Quick HEY, just sent a couple of new pics up. Saw James a few minutes ago, seemed to be in a great mood, really looking forward tonights gig. All 4 guys are here, and they are doing some press at the moment. Around 7:30pm we should have Meet & Greet starting. A little later show tonight, scheduled to start at 9:45.

We are in Antwerp, Belgium at the Sportpaleis. From what I have heard, tonight will be packed, and the fans have a reputation of being pretty freakin crazy (in a good way). When I was walking outside to take some photos, I saw a guy with a huge banner and in the corner of the banner, written in small text it said "put me on metontour.com". Uh oh, what have we started here :)So yesteday I put up a clip of Dirty Window, and of course, as I knew, you were all asking for the Kirk solo part of it. Don't worry, we have a long tour ahead of us, and I hope you will tune in daily, to your favorite channel. At least for the next 6 months, RIGHT FOCKERS!

Alrighty then, get ready for ANOTHER FUCKING VIDEO, and I will keep 'em coming. This one is from Paris, and I think it turned out pretty cool. I am pretty sure you will agree with me on the choice of live song I picked from the show, second time EVER played live by the band. Also, I will give you the background to WHY Metallica decided to pick that specific song that night. After you check it out, you will have to head over to the FanClub (www.metclub.com) and thank some members over there. (you will know what I am talking about after you see the vid.)

Danke schon Koln! (probably wrong spelling again, right!). Last show in Germany, for a few months at least. Did we save the best for last? It was definitely on the top 4 list of the gigs in Germany. In all seriousness, Metallica did have a blast and are amazed how the crowd is responding not only to the new stuff, but 20 year old shit too. Setlist is up, and show pics on the way. We also have the Paris video on the way, sorry, not the Hilton one...Who loves ya...MOT